Combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle



A. E. HUTT Filed Dec.

COMBINATION DAY AND SLEEPING PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLE Dec. 25, 1934.

INVENTOR Patented Dec. 25, 1934 .UNITED STATES essee? COMBINATION DAYAND SLEEPING PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLE Albert E. Hutt, Pelham, N. Y.

Application December 27, 1933, Serial No. 704,109

6 Claims.

My invention relates to a novel construction of passenger carryingvehicle particularly adapted to railroad use where it is desired tolower the overall height of the vehicle as is being done now in the newhigh speed streamlined trains.

My invention further relates to a novel construction of coach affordinggreater comfort and conveniences to the passengers than is found in thepresent so called Pullman coaches.-

My invention consists of a novel construction of railroad coach having acentral longitudinal aisle or passageway and individual compartments oneach side of said aisle for each passenger, such compartments being soconstructed and disposed in pairs, that when used as sleeping quarters,

there is provided, in addition to the berth, a space where the passengermay dress or undress in a standing position, there is also provided anindividual wash basin and toilet for his use.

My invention further consists of a novel arrangement of adjacentcompartments in which the seats and seat backs of both such adjacentcompartments are used to form a bed for one of said compartments andvertical bed sections, used in the daytime to help separate suchadjacent compartments, are used to form a bed for the other compartment.

My invention further consists of movable vertical closures between twoadjacent compartments which are used in conjunction with the upper bedsections to separate the two adjacent compartments in a different waywhen such 'compartments are to be used for night use.

With all these objects in view, my invention consists of the novelconstruction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawing the form thereof which is at present preferred byme, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalitiesof which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organizedand that my invention is not limited to these precise arrangements andorganization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing forming part thereof and in which:--

The figure represents a longitudinal sectional view of two adjacentcompartments of a railroad coach embodying my invention the sectionbeing taken through the centre line of the aisle, part of the partitionbetween these compartments for night use.

Referring now to the drawing: The numeral 10 l designates an outsidewall or the coach, 2 designates the floor, 3 the partition between thecompartments and the aisle in which are located the doors 4 and 5 whichare shown in the open position. 6 designates a partition between theleft hand compartment and the compartment that would be immediately toits left and 7 designates a partition between the right hand compartmentand the compartment that would be immediately to its right. 8 designatesa communicating door in the partition 6 and 9 a sim ilar door in thepartition 7. 10 designates the roof of the car. 11 designatescollapsible type wash basins in each compartment and 12 toilets in eachcompartment. 13 designates a slightly raised irregular shaped panel onthe outside wall 1 of the coach (there being a similar one on the insideof the partition 3) in which panels are located the recessed guides 14,15, 16, 1'7, 18 and 19. 20 and 21 designate parallel guides located onthe outside wall 1 and which extend across the under part of the roof l0and down the inside of the partition 3. 22 is a similar single guidelocated in a position approximately mid way between the two compartmentsand acts as a stop or abutment for the movable partition 23. 24 and 25are seats to which are hinged the seat backs 26 and 27. 28 and 29designate longitudinal supports attached to the wall 1 and partition 3for the seats 24 and 25 to rest on. 30 and 31 designate upholstered bedsections which are used to form an upper bed when the compartments aremade up for night use. 32 and 33 designate mattresses which are storedunder the seats in the daytime as shown. 34 designates pins or dowelslocated at each side of the bed sections 30 and 31 which are disposed toengage the recessed guides 14, 15, 16, 1'7, 1'8 and 19. 35 designates amovable partition located midway between the two adjacent compartr mentsas shown. 36 designates a support attached to the wall 1 to hold up themovable partition'23 there being a similar one attached to the inside ofthe partition 3. 37 designates pins attached to the seats 24 and 25 andwhich pass through holes in the supports 28 and 29 to locate the seatsin any desired position.

It will therefore be apparent from the drawing and the above descriptionof the various parts that the two adjacent compartments shown areseparated from one another when made up for day use by the upper movablepanel or partition 23, the bed sections 30 and 31 and the lower movablepartition 35 and that a very commodious space extending from the floorto .the roof of the car is provided for each compartment in which islocated a seat and full toilet facilities, also that the compartmentsare private by virtue of the partition 3, the doors 4 and 5 and thepartitions 6 and 7.

In order to convert the compartments for night use the porter proceedsas follows:-

First he grasps the bottom of the bed section 30 and pulls it forwarduntil the pin 34 comes out of the recessed guide 18, then he allows thebed section to drop until the upper pin 34 reaches the bottom of theinclined portion of the recessed guide 14. With the bed section 30 inthis position the movable partition 23 may be removed and placed asidein any convenient location. Next he swings the bed section through anarc until the lower pin 34 is in line with the recessed guide 16 andfinally pushes the bed section forward until the pins 34 are at thebottom of the recessed guides 16 and 14. The bed section 30 will now bein the position shown as 30. The seat 24 is now moved forward to theposition shown as 24 and the mattress 32 removed from under the seat andlaid on the bed section 30. The movable partition 23 may now be slidbetween the guides 20 and 21 in which position it is shown as-23'. It issecured in this position by any suitable means, preferably by meansunder control of the porter only. The seat back 26 is now lowered untilit rests on the support 28. The porter next moves the bed section 31into the position shown as 31, using the same procedure as for the bedsection 30. Next he moves the seat forward to the position shown as 25,then removes the mattress 33 from under the seat and then removes themovable partition 35 and places it in the position shown as 35, havingfirst lowered the seat back 27 to the position shown as 27. The movablepartition 35 can also be secured in position by any suitable means. Withthe two adjacent compartments thus rearranged, the porter spreads outthe two mattresses and completes the making up of the beds, one abovethe other. It will now be seen that the two compartments thus made upfor night use, while differing from their original shape, are stillentirely separate from each other and that the standing portion of each,in which is located the toilet facilities, has been undisturbed.

. t will also be apparent to anyone skilled in the art that I can locatethe aisle of the car to one side instead of in the middle of the car,which is the preferred arrangement.

I am aware that my invention may be embodied in other specific formswithout departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof and Itherefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respectsas illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appendedclaims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-

1. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle having afloor, roof, side and end walls, a longitudinal aisle, adjacentcompartments located between an outer wall of said vehicle and saidaisle, seats and bed sections in each compartment, fixed partitionsbetween each pair of adjacent compartments, partitions between saidcompartments and said aisle, doors in said partitions, a plurality ofmovable substantially vertical members separating said adjacentcompartments, said movable vertical members together with said bedsections being disposed to be so relocated within the confines of eachpair of said two adjacent compartments as to form two new compartmentseach having a horizontal section and a vertical section, the horizontalsection of one compartment being above the horizontal section of theother compartment and communicating with the upper part of one of thevertical sections and the horizontal section of the other compartmentbeing below the horizontal section of the first compartment andcommunieating with the lower part of the other vertical section.

2. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle asdescribed in claim 1, a

seat with seat back in each adjacent compartment located in a back toback position relative to each other, the bed sections being providedwith resilient covering, means for converting said seats and seat backsto form a bed in the lower horizontal section and means for convertingsaid bed sections into a bed in the upper horizontal section.

3. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle asdescribed in claim 1, said longitudinal aisle being located midwaybetween the outer walls of said vehicle.

4. In a sleeping passenger carrying vehicle, a longitudinal aisle,adjacent compartments located between an outer wall of said vehicle andsaid aisle, each compartment having a vertical and a horizontal section,said horizontal sections being substantially in vertical alignment witheach other, said vertical sections being at opposite ends of saidhorizontal sections, the upper horizontal section being accessible atone of its ends from the upper part of one of the vertical sections, theother horizontal section being accessible at one of its ends from thelower part of the other vertical section and beds in both of saidhorizontal sections.

5. In a, sleeping passenger carrying vehicle as described in claim 4,said longitudinal aisle being located midway between the outer sidewalls of said vehicle.

6. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle, alongitudinal aisle, passenger sections located between an outer wall ofsaid vehicle and said aisle, said sections being divided into twovertical parts and two horizontal parts, the two vertical parts beinglocated at the opposite ends of said sections, the two horizontal partsbeing located between the said vertical parts and one above the other,one of said horizontal parts being accessible to a passenger from theupper portion of one of said vertical parts, the other horizontal partbeing accessible to a passenger from the lower portion of the othervertical part and means for making a bed in each of said horizontalparts. ALBERT E. HUTT.

